The hidden costs of owning electric cars (Video 5:00)

YouTube ^ | February 20, 2024 | TV8 Las Vegas

[Red Badger]

Buying an EV entails many other costs besides the vehicle.

Insurance is way higher. Some companies won't insure them at all.

Tires wear out quicker (20k miles) and are more expensive.

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[allendale]

Does any auto depreciate faster than a GM or Ford EV?

[NWFree]

I need rear tires for my ZL1 and it only has 4200 miles. I got carried away

[from occupied ga]

You have a Zil?

[NWFree]

It’s my retirement car

[C210N]

pun intended

[desertsolitaire]

Good for you!!!

[Gay State Conservative]

My diesel sedan is well equipped,very comfy and is a superstar on the Interstate. I've traveled Boston-Montreal-Boston on a single tankful (mostly at 65mph). And when empty I can "recharge' it in about 4 minutes at any one of 35,000 "recharging" stations from coast-to-coast and border-to-border.

Why would I *possibly* want to buy an EV?

[Gay State Conservative]

A Russian oligarch!

[Red Badger]

To impress all your liberal friends and make them jealous?….......

[Gay State Conservative]

Yes,EVs can do 0-60 in about 3 seconds. My diesel has 457 ft lbs of torque and is a real beast if you floor it. But I have no desire to do so...I’m after good mileage,not a drag race.

[NWFree]

I’ve 650 ft pounds of tire shredding torque

[NWFree]

I picked up a couple of new V8s so I never have to buy a battery car

[Gay State Conservative]

In my neighborhood (Hillary went to school not far from me) there's a Tesla *and* a Range Rover in every driveway. In fact there's a Tesla "dealership" in the mall in my town.I go there often to walk...in bad weather...and every time I walk by it there's nobody there. And at the same mall there's a new Lucid "dealership". They display one of their cars in an open are of the mall and I never see anyone looking at it.

Kinda strange.

[Gay State Conservative]

Is a ZL1 an EV...or some kind of ‘Vette?

[NWFree]

It’s a Camaro with a hand built Corvette Z06 supercharged 6.2 Liter V8

[bray]

They are still great for Virtue Grandstanding in the Starbucks line.

[from occupied ga]

I was hoping for a C8 ZR1, but with the remote shutdown feature I suspect I’ll keep my 2019 Z06 as my retirement car

[mewzilla]

And if your residence doesn’t have a 200A service, there’s another, far higher cost.

[Gay State Conservative]

So you get 7mpg (highway) and 5mpg (city).

In the summer of 1969 I came close to buying a bright yellow Plymouth SuperBee with a 383 engine. But at that time I was getting disconcerting letters from my draft board so I decided,instead,to join the Army to get a better deal than I would have had as a “US” (draftee).